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Jaisri Lingappa
PABIO 590
Seattle Campus
Individual offerings focusing on topics such as pathogenesis, immunology, virology, disease agents, bioinformatics and grant writing. Small lecture format. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Class description
The minicourse (PABIO590B/590D), entitled “Scientific Writing Workshop”, will be offered as the second spring minicourse from Apr 21 – May 5 (M, W, F: 8:30 - 9:20) in the Health Science Building room T 531. This course will be taught by Dr. Kevin Klein and Dr. Jaisri Lingappa. This course is designed to give students experience in writing a research article in standard manuscript format (abstract – introduction – material and methods – results – discussion – references).
Student learning goals
Identify and understand common mistakes in writing.
Understand the elements of the abstract section of a scientific paper.
Understand the elements of the introduction section of a scientific paper.
Understand the elements of the results section of a scientific paper.
Understand the elements of the discussion section of a scientific paper.
Understands mistakes that you make in your writing.
General method of instruction
Five classes in lecture format will cover the different sections of a manuscript and address keys points of clarity and style; four classes in workshop format will involve students critiquing and revising classmates’ writing assignments in a constructive manner. Please see the class website http://courses.washington.edu/pbo590b/ for more information and for a syllabus.
Recommended preparation
Because of the workshops, class size will be limited to 8 people with priority for enrollment determined by seniority in the Pathobiology graduate program. Contact Jaisri Lingappa (jais@u.washington.edu) and Kevin Klein (kevin.c.klein@gmail.com) before March 12th to enroll in the course or for additional information.
Class assignments and grading
Throughout the minicourse, students will be required to do short writing assignments and prepare for the workshops with other students outside of class. Thus, students should be prepared to invest a significant amount of time outside of class on writing and critiquing assignments.
Students can enroll in 590B if they wish to take the course for Credit/No Credit, or in 590D if they want to receive a pre-determined grade.
